Tragedy as girl, 6, found dead in backyard

A six-year-old girl has died after being found unconscious her eastern Victorian backyard after becoming tangled in her skipping rope.

Police and paramedics were called to the house after the girl was found near play equipment in the backyard of the house in Anderson Street, Bairnsdale about 4.30pm.

Bairnsdale police Detective Acting Sergeant Margaret Schulz says the girl had been playing with a skipping rope when the "terrible accident" took place, leaving her family extremely distressed.

Paramedics found the girl suffering cardio-respiratory arrest at the scene, Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said. They tried to resuscitate her en route to hospital but she later died, he said.

A police spokeswoman said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances in the girl's death.